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Sustainable simultaneous communications in ad-hoc networks using smart antenna systems

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This article proposes an analytical model for evaluating the number of simultaneous communications that can be sustained by an ad-hoc network in which the nodes are equipped with fully adaptive smart antennas. The presented mathematical framework adopts realistic models for the antenna radiation pattern and the channel behavior, and is able to take into account the network topology and the characteristics of the medium access control (MAC) protocol in the spatial domain. The model is employed to investigate the impact of the spatial channel model and of the angular spread on network performance. Additionally, this article examines the influence of the transmission policy of the control and data packets of the MAC layer on the number of simultaneous communications.

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    Fulvio Babich, Massimiliano Comisso & Lucio Manià

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A preliminary, partial version of this article has been presented at the 2006 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM’06), San Francisco, CA, USA, 27 November–1 December, 2006.

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Babich, F., Comisso, M. & Manià, L. Sustainable simultaneous communications in ad-hoc networks using smart antenna systems. Wireless Netw 15, 1074–1085 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-008-0103-8

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